Sameed Siddiqui is a recent PhD graduate in Computational and Systems Biology from MIT, where he focused on combining immunological, diagnostic, and computational approaches to tackle infectious diseases, particularly SARS-CoV-2. His doctoral work spanned antibody dynamics research, development of novel CRISPR-based diagnostics, and creation of efficient computational models for biological sequences.
Currently completing an MBA at MIT Sloan, Sameed is excited about doing translational science, focusing on the intersection of machine learning and biology. Prior to MIT, his professional experience includes roles at Dovetail Genomics and Google, along with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from UCLA.
Outside of the lab, Sameed enjoys playing basketball, hiking, and salsa dancing. You’ll also regularly see Sameed attempting to make puns with a variable success rate (sometimes, sadly, even his own puns don’t make him laugh), and day-dreaming of being by the ocean on a warm sunny day.